1. Vámonos Traduje las frases. Escríbelas en español. My mother-in-law
His stepbrother
Your great-grandparents
Our friendship
Their nieces

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3. Expressing possession
In English, we use ‘s to indicate that something belongs to someone.
the book of Mariela  Mariela’s book
In Spanish, ‘s does not make sense. It does not exist. So we use the first, longer form.
the book of Mariela

4. Possession

5. the book of Mariela  el libro de Mariela Definite Articles el la los
The object comes first
the book of Mariela
 el libro de Mariela
Definite Articles el la
los
las

6. Translate the phrases to Spanish.
1. the friendship of Miguel & Carlos 2. the granddaughter of Inés 3. the great-grandmother of Julia 4. the father-in-law of Esmeralda 5. the sister-in-law of José 6. the nephew of the teacher

7. Moving from English to Spanish
We won’t see phrases written in the order we just saw. Usually in English, we use the ‘s form. So we need to be able to rearrange the phrase before translating it.
Miguel’s friend  the friend of Miguel  el amigo de Miguel

8. Práctica #1 Fernanda’s great-great-grandfather Juana’s niece
Miguel’s stepsister
Rosario’s brother-in-law
Sara and Emily’s friendship
Carla’s mother-in-law

9. Possessive AdjectivesMi
Mis My Tu
Tus
Your Su
Sus
His/Her/
Their
Nuestro
Nuestros
Our
Nuestra
Nuestras

10. my = mi
my house =
mi casa
Note: We don’t say “mi la casa.” It’s the same as saying “my the house.”
You only need ONE article.
You can have:
A definite article (el, la, los, las)
An indefinite article (un, una, unos, unas)
OR a possessive article (mi(s), tu(s), su(s), etc.)
You cannot have more than one.

11. Práctica #2
Translate and complete these 10 sentences using the following terms and a relationship to another family member (s).
Ejemplo: My parents-in-law are the parents of my husband.  Mis suegros son los padres de mi esposo.
My great-grandmother 6. Her father-in-law
His great-great-grandfather 7. Our mothers-in-law
Our nephews 8. My stepsisters
Your grandson 9. Her stepbrothers
My brothers-in-law Your sister-in-law